The Guardian view on Andrew Bailey’s aggression: whatever traders think is true becomes fact | Editorial

The Guardian view on Andrew Bailey’s aggression: whatever traders think is true becomes fact | Editorial

Balance of payments, interest rates, unemployment and inflation determine short-term currency prices, but they are dwarfed by foreign exchange speculation Before Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England, spoke to this paper’s economics editor, the pound was the best-performing currency among Group of Ten (G10) wealthy nations. It was just a fraction away…